phildeman has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I am using CHI to cache data. In the documentation it shows the use of global => 1. For example:

my $cache = CHI->new( driver => 'Memory', global => 1 );

However, the documentation does not explain the use of the key, 'global'.
I tried searching it on Google, but the results I get back do not explain it's
usage. Does anyone know what this hash key signifies?

Thanks.

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Re: What does the hash key, global => 1, do in CHI
by Fletch (Bishop) on May 19, 2021 at 19:46 UTC

    There's documentation in CHI::Driver::Memory 

    global [BOOL]
Use a standard global datastore. Multiple caches created with this set to true will see the same data. Before 0.21, this was the default behavior; now it must be specified explicitly (to avoid accidentally sharing the same datastore in unrelated code).

If this is set to false then datastore will be set to a new reference to a hash.

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      Hi Fletch,

      Thanks for the quick response. I used $cache = CHI->new( driver => 'Memory', global => 1 ); as an example
      to show how 'global => 1' was being used. I am not instantiating the CHI class that way. Actually, I am using:

      my $cache = CHI->new( driver => 'File', root_dir => '/path/to/my_cache_dir' );

      The documentation does not show the use of 'global => 1' with that example. I was curious why and when it is necessary to use it.

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        global is an argument specifically for the "Memory" (CHI::Driver::Memory) driver. If you're using a different driver then you'd consult the documentation for the custom options that particular implementer uses (i.e. CHI::Driver::File for the relevant options for that module).

        Edit: Just to expound on this, the docs for CHI show the common constructor options that are available irrespective(*) of the driver being used; anything specific to a given driver module would be documented with the driver module.

        (*) I'm not really familiar with CHI so conceivably there could be some options that are incompatible with some drivers but I'm not aware if that's actually the case; the documentation for the individual drivers would say for sure were that the case.

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Re: What is global => 1 in CHI
by haukex (Archbishop) on May 19, 2021 at 19:45 UTC
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